JOURNEY GUIDE

Session 1
Her Story - Power of One
Opening: Girl Scout Law Snowball Fight
Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Purpose: A fun warm up that helps girls learn/practice the Girl Scout Law and understand how the
Law relates to power and leadership.

Materials Needed:
Twelve pieces of scrap paper per girl
A pen, pencil, or marker per girl
The Girl Scout Law (you can provide this or choose not to for an added challenge).

Ask each girl to write one line of the Girl Scout Law on each of her pieces of paper. Next, invite her
to crumple all of her papers up into balls. When each girl is finished, divide them into two teams
and instruct them to use their pieces of crumpled paper as snowballs in a Girl Scout snowball
fight!

Set a five minute time limit for play. At the end of that time, girls must race to collect enough pa-
pers to piece together the Girl Scout Law. The lines can be in her own writing or in any other girls,
just so long as she gets them back together in the right order. First girl to correctly complete the
Law wins.
Discussion: Real Power
Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Materials: Girl Journey Book

nge Journey is all about power.
Purpose: Girls understand that the Agent of Cha
Not magical power, but real power.
Ask the girls a few key questions:
What words come to mind when you say power?
think of and why?
When they think of powerful people, who do you
Can true power be bought and sold?
ies? Why or why not?
Can you gain true power through guns and arm
do the qualities listed in the Law
Now ask the girls about the Girl Scout Law. How
on?
exemplify the characteristics of a powerful pers
they think they can be powerful?
Lastly, ask the girls if at the age they are now, do
er?
Why or why not? In what ways can they show pow
the girls to read page 6 of the jour-
As a follow up to the above question, ask one of
ney book to the group.
Agree/Disagree Game
Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Materials: None

Purpose: Girls understand that one of the most common characteristics that powerful people
have is the ability to communicate effective.

In order to communicate well, you need to be able to work with all kinds of people, be tactful when
speaking, and be a good listener. Communication is never about trying to force someone else to
see things your way. Instead, the key to communication is to and understanding the other per-
sons point of view and then finding a common ground.

Pick a space within the room that will serve as the agree zone a space that will be the disagree
zone and a space that is for no opinion. Explain to the girls that you will read a statement and
the girls should move to the zone that corresponds with their opinion. Start out will easy, silly
statements such as fall is the best time of year. Or, broccoli is the worst food on the planet.
Statements can become more serious as you go, if you wish. When the girls have moved to
their zones for each round, ask one girl from the agree side and one girl from the disagree side to
explain why they picked what they picked. After they have voiced their opinions, give everyone
another minute to move to a different zone if any of the arguments have swayed them.
Snack and Snack Chat:
Band aids and Clara Barton
Time Allotment: 15 minutes

Materials: Drinks
Girl Journey Book Frosting
Cinnamon Graham Red gel food coloring
Crackers Fruit
Napkins
Knives

Prior to handing out the components for snack, invite one of the girls to read page 16 of
the girl book out loud (skipping the bottom portion in yellow). After listening to how the
girls can be anything, explain that this has not always been the case. Through this jour-
ney, we are going to hear about some amazing women who had to fight hard to secure
their place in history.

Invite girls to make edible band-aids by breaking a graham cracker in half then spread-
ing a bit of frosting in the middle and dotting with red gel food coloring. Offer fruit as
another snack option if girls dont want to eat their creation. Band-Aid snack from:
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Explain to the girls that the snack is to honor Clara Barton. Ask the girls if they know who
that is. While the girls eat, read them her biography found here: http://www.abcteach.
com/free/r/rc_clarabarton_upperelem.pdf
This is a long document so you might want to just pick out a few key parts to share with
the girls. Utilize the questions at the end of the document to help guide you in thinking
about which parts are most important to share with the girls.

When you are finished reading, facilitate a conversation about what types of things
Clara had to overcome to be a leader; her shyness, lisp, the fact she was a woman
Help the girls to understand that powerful people are very often not born that way.
They are usually driven by something deep within themselves like a passion or a talent
they want to share with the world.

Let the girls know that over the next few weeks, they will be learning more about and
sharing with the group their passions and talents. Ask them to think about their pas-
sions and talents for the next meeting.
Herstory Boxes
Time Allotment: 15 minutes

Materials:
Scissors
Cardboard
Printed templates
Pencils
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Potato Stab
Time Allotment: 5
minutes
Materials:
One Idaho po
tato per girl.
One straw per
girl.
Start by asking the
girls to examine th
of both items? Is eir potato and stra
one harder than th w. What are some
Which one do they e other? Does one of the characteris
think would win in seem tougher or st tics
a fight? The sillier ronger than the ot
you get with the qu her?
Now ask the girls if estions the better
they believe that th !
to place their pota e straw can stab al
to against a hard su l the way through
the most importan rface and hold on the potato? Ask th
t thing is the follow to one end of it. Expl e girls
through and instea through. They ne ain to the girls that
d of aiming for the ed to envision the
a few times, each potato they need straw going all the
time saying, follo to aim for the tabl way
just practice). Whe w through as they st e. Ask them to practic
n they are ready, in ab (but dont real e
shocked reactions vite them to really ly stab the potato
as their straw goes stab their potato. ye t,
all the way throug Then watch at all
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After the activity ha
ve some discussion
vision are to great with the girls abou
leadership. If you t how important fo
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can be a very hard follow through yo
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Closing Ceremony
Time Allotment: 10 minutes
which they
Purpose: Girls begin thinking about the way in
want to be Agents of Change.

Materials:

Paper
Scissors
Pencils
Boxes from activity above
Barton, power usually comes from
Talk with the girls about how, just like with Clara
the driving force that allowed her
passion. Claras passion for helping people was
American Red Cross.
to overcome her shyness in order to found the
about her own passions. We will
Ask each girl to spend a few moments thinking
can include. She can think about
not place limitations on what this idea of passion
greatest passions; animals, bas-
anything that comes to mind as being one of her
At the end of thinking time, ask
ketball, spending time with family, curing cancer.
e of pretty scrap book paper and
each girl to write just one passion down on a piec
down enough times as there are
fold it in half. She should write that same word
girls.
lap, allow all of the girls to take
Sitting in a circle, each girl holding her box on her
their passions into each others
turns, walking around the circle and depositing
boxes and not to look at the papers
boxes. After, instruct the girls to close up their
inside until you tell them to.

Follow-up notes
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Session 2
Her Story - Power of One Continued
Opening: My StoryOr is it?
Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: Paper and Pencils

Last meeting, we learned the story of Clara Barton. Now its time to start exploring our own sto-
ries. On separate pieces of paper, every girl should write one fun fact about herself, the sillier the
better. Examples could be, Im extremely afraid of birds. Or, I sing the exact same song in the
shower every morning over and over again. Girls should also write their names under their fun
fact. When everyone is done, fold all of the papers in half and have an adult select one of the fun
facts to be read aloud. Before reading the fact to the group, the adult should select three girls to
sit in front of the rest of the group, the girl to whom the fact actually belongs and then two other
girls. All three girls will try to convince the rest of the group that the fact belongs to them. The
group can ask the girls any questions they want to try to ascertain the truth. Each girl should try
to answer in a convincing way. Finally, the group makes a decision as to whom they think the fact
belongs.
Her Story
Time Allotment: 15 minutes

Materials needed:
th
Print outs on Cecilia Cassini and Remmi Smi
Girl Book
Papers and pencils
y of Cecilia Cassini, teen fashion
Prior to the meeting, print off the short biograph
Then, at your meeting, select a few
designer and Remmi Smith, teen cooking star.
girls to read her story to the group.
made it so big in such a hard indus-
Discuss with the girls how such a young person
of the girls in your troop have an
try. What characteristics must she have? Do any
n a few key words that come to
interest in fashion? Ask the girls to each jot dow
Save for later use.
mind when thinking about her character traits.
th. Again, ask the girls to write
Repeat above discussion focusing on Remmi Smi
down any words that come to mind.
both Remmi and Cecilia have in
Point out to the girls that one of the things that
We are always better at things in
common is that they are living their passions.
interests, passions, talents, and
which we are interested and passionate. Those
l. Ask a girl to read page 12 of the girl
strengths are the things that make us powerfu
itate a conversation with the girls
book out loud. After reading the selection, facil
them, them?
about their own talents and skills. What makes
they excel? If someone is strug-
Is there one thing in particular at which they feel
ing questions such as, What do
gling to come up with something, ask some prob
feel proud about whatever it
you like to do in your free time? Try to make them
watch TV. Maybe attempt to direct
is. Even if they say something like they love to
they watch all cooking shows or
that interest toward what they are watching. Do
rest in being a chef or police officer.
crime dramas? Then maybe they have an inte
ts and skills on the same paper
Have the girls write down a few of their own talen
from the earlier discussion.
Ribbon-wrapped Chain Bracelet
Time: 15 minutes

Purpose: Explore current interest in fashion or prompt a new

interest.

Materials Needed:

Ribbon
Chain
Fray check or lighter (only leader may use lighter)
Scissors

Follow the tutorial found here: http://www.positivelysplendid.

com/2014/01/easy-bracelet-chain-ribbon.html#_a5y_p=1273108

Snack: Pig Cupcakes

Time: 10 minutes

Purpose: Girls try their hand at being a pastry chef.

Materials needed:

Cupcakes (note cupcakes can be made low-fat by substituting

1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt and 1 cup water for eggs and oil)
Pink wafers
Chocolate chips
Marshmallows
Kitchen scissors
Pink icing
Ziploc bag with tip cut for piping nostrils

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Favorite all-time Team Building Game
Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Special Note: This is an extremely fun, and extremely messy teambuilding game. If you
dont have a space in which you can make a mess, look for the variation at the bottom
of the games description.

Purpose: Up to this point, we have worked a lot on ourselves and the power of one. At
the next session we will begin working toward the power of team. This is a super-fun
teambuilding game to get us started.

Materials needed:
Whipped cream or shaving cream
Cheesy Puffs
Safety glasses, goggles, or sun glasses
Cups or bowls
Hairnets
Plastic tablecloth

Divide girls into two teams. Ask for each team to select a catcher. Lay a plastic table-
cloth down on the floor and then have both catchers stand as far apart from each
other as possible while still staying on the tablecloth. Give both catchers a hairnet and
ask them to try to get as much of their hair in it as possible. Give each catcher safety
glasses or something to at least cover their eyes. Cover the hairnets with shaving or
whipped cream. Give each non-catcher girl on both teams a cup or bowl filled with
cheesy puffs. The object of the game is to get as many cheesy puffs to stick to the
catchers head as possible. The throwers will all have to stand behind a line. They can
move around, but they cannot cross the line. The catchers can also move around.
They can go side to side, they can duck down or jump up or lean their heads forward.
They just cannot come off the tablecloth. Allow the teams a few minutes to strategize
and then get started!

After, facilitate a conversation on what types of strategies worked the best and which
ones didnt work. How were the teams at communication with one another?
**For a less messy variation, give the catchers a cup to hold on their heads and use
mini-marshmallows instead of shaving cream and cheesy puff.**
Secret Agent Power of One Log
minutes
Time Allotment: 10
ange book.
included in this guide and Agent of Ch
Materials: Secret Agent log
d on page 14
ge 14 . Do th e gir ls ag ree that doing the things liste
reading pa ke
Ask the girls to take turns so me on e do th os e th ing s for them? How did it ma
ve they ever had have powerful repercussio
ns?
make them powerful? Ha r sim ila r sim ple ac ts th at
ink of othe
them feel? Can the girls th
lead by
ua lly th e lou de st pe rso n. Most effective leaders,
ders are not us decisions and
Explain to the girls that lea e th ey ha ve a pr ov en record of making good
em, be ca us ey act,
example. People follow th ica tin g th es e lea de rs do is non-verbal. The way th
of the commun
of being trustworthy. A lot
their level of confidence
the way they treat others,
follow-
cir cle on th e flo or, ex pla in that this game is about
trate: Sitting in a der starting
Play this game to demons e ou t wh o th at lea de r is. Pick one girl to be the lea
ing to fig ur ples
ing the leader and also try n an d no ise wi th he r ha nds, feet, or mouth. Exam
type of motio ryone else
out. She should make some sm ac kin g th eir lip s, snapping their fingers...Eve
g the flo or, ent
could be clapping, smackin se co nd s th e lea de r sh ould switch and do a differ
r is doing. Every few
should do what the leade ould switch too.
n an d so un d. W he n th e leader switches the girls sh
motio
es.
se on e gir l to lea ve th e room or at least shut her ey
this fashion, choo the first motion and soun
d before the
After a playing a round in Th e lea de r sh ou ld be gin d
e leader. ould switch movements an
Select another girl to be th se co nd s th e lea de r sh
s her eyes. Every few must watch the group and
try to
other girl returns or open gir l wh o ha d lef t th e ro om
along. The
all other girls should follow e selects correctly, she beco
mes the leader.
gir l is th e lea de r. I f sh
ascertain which
demonstrate
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Next, hand out the Secret
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the course of the ne ite down how they fulfilled
the
their skills as a leader over ss ion , th e gir ls sh ou ld wr .
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Closing Ceremony
Time Allotment: 10 minutes
which they
Purpose: Girls begin thinking about the way in
want to be Agents of Change.

Materials: Pens and pretty scrapbook paper.

each girl to write her greatest
Just as with the end of the last session, instruct
girls. Without saying what her
strength or talent out enough times as there are
papers and place in each others
strength or talent is, each girl should fold up her
boxes.
will each be asked to share one
Explain to the girls that at the next meeting, they
etball, they can show the girls
of their skills for a few moments. If they love bask
they love to bake, they can bring in
how they dribble or how to aim to take a shot. If
dient is. This does not have to be
cookies or even just say what their special ingre
elaborate.
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Session 3
Her Story Wrap Up - Power of Team!
Opening Ceremony: Runner, Builder, Looker, Spy
Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Purpose: This activity helps girls understand how important communication is in effective teams.

Special Note: In this activity, the girls will be making something as a team. What it is doesnt mat-
ter. A Lego tower, a craft, drawing a picturechoose whatever you want. But you must select what
they will be making prior to the activity and then have all of the materials needed in a bag for each
team. We typically use this craft below when we do this activity in groups:

The supply list below is based on this craft.

Materials:
One ziptop bag per team
Two google eyes per team
A roll of glue dots per team
Two big white hearts per teamTwo medium black hearts per team
Two small black hearts per team
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Have all of the items above in a bag for each team. Also bring one completed project with you
to the meeting. Ask each team to select one Looker, one Runner, and one Spy per team. The
Lookers job is to look at the completed example project. Be sure to keep this project away from
everyone else so that no one else can see it. The Lookers may look at the project as often as they
would like to. However, they may not move from their post.

The Runner runs back and forth between their team of Builders and their Looker. They may have
open conversation with the Lookers. The Lookers should try to describe to the Runners exactly
what the project is and what it looks like. The Runner then runs back to their team with this info.
The Runner may go back and forth as often as they need to.
The Builders can only ask their Runner yes-no questions. It is an animal? Yes. Is it a monkey?
No. Does this piece go here? Yes.

The Spys job is to stay with the other team and make sure that no one cheats.

The first team to most accurately complete their project wins. If the teams are really struggling
(and most do) open the game up at about the five minute mark and allow the Runner to answer
any question, not just yes-no.

After the game is complete, ask the girls how they felt not to be able to talk openly with the Run-
ner. How did the Runner feel? Were they getting frustrated? What about the Builder and the Run-
ner? Was it hard for the Runner to have to explain something she couldnt see? Was it frustrating
for the Builder to watch her team fumble? Help the girls draw conclusions about why communi-
cation is so important to effective team leadership.

My Skills and Talents:

Time: 15 minutes (or more depending on number of girls participating)

Purpose: Allow the girls to showcase a special skill or talent.

Remind the girls that throughout the last few weeks, we have been talking about how our passions
and our skills make us powerful. We learned about other peoples talents and weve practiced a
few new talents of our own. Now its time to share with the rest of the group what youre good at.

Give each girl approximately two minutes or so to show

off whatever she wants to. If a girl has forgot to bring
something or is shy or maybe even feels as though she
isnt good at anything, point out something you have
noticed that she does well such as she always has a
smile on her face or is always willing to lend a helping
hand.
Team-player 101: Rubber Band
Challenge
Time Allotment: 10 minutes
person on a team fulfills their
Purpose: Highlight how important it is that each
responsibilities.

Materials:

One rubber-band per team

Five Plastic cups per team
s per team
4 12 pieces of yarn tied around the rubber-band
piece of the yarn attached to
Place girls in teams of four girls. Give each girl one
rubber band at the same time and
the rubber band. Girls each need to pull on the
n. They must hold the rubber band
with equal force to make the rubber band ope
close it again. As a team, they
open while they place it around a cup and then
the other cups, and then open
must then lift the cup into the air, position it over
the rubber band again.
s wins. If the cups get knocked
The first team to build a pyramid with their cup
s.
over, they may use their hands to right the cup
about how important it was that
After the game is over, facilitate a conversation
was actively participating.
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Team-player 102: When Someone Stomps their Feet
Time: 10 minutes

Purpose: Highlight how important it is that each person on a team listens, pays attention, and fulfills their
responsibilities.

Materials: Lines printed out and cut into stripes for each participant.

Sitting in a circle, give each girl one line from this activity (if you dont have as many girls as lines, give the
girls more than one line). The lines should be handed out at random and should not be in order. The girls
should have no idea, where their line fits into the story. They must listen well to know when it is time for
them to say their line.

The leader starts this activity by clapping twice.

Lines and Actions

When somebody claps twice, stand up and say Good Morning.
When somebody says Good Morning, Turn off the lights.
When someone turns off the lights say, Hey, its dark in here and turn on the lights.
When someone turns on the lights, stand up and spin around twice.
When someone spins twice, stand up and moo like a cow.
When someone moos like a cow, stand on your chair.
When someone stands on their chair, say, Get down from there!
When someone yells, Get down from there! Stomp your feet five times.
When someone stomps their feet five times, yell Rah Rah Rah like a cheerleader.
When someone yells Rah Rah Rah, run around the room singing Mary Had a Little Lamb one time.
When someone sings, Mary had a little lamb. Shut off the lights and scream, Go to bed!

After going through this a few rounds, talk with the girls about how if one person wasnt paying attention
or didnt say their line loud enough, the entire team broke down. Ask the girls how this relates to being on
a real team.
Snack Chat: Secret Mission Logs
Time: 10 minutes

Give the girls any snack of your choosing and then discuss their secret mission logs while they eat.
Did they complete their missions? What were the results? Did anything unexpected happen?
Were there any negative repercussions?

Team Service Project: Pompom Animals

Time: 20 minutes

Purpose: To start thinking about doing service for others as a member of a team.

Special Notes: These animals are for the spring. You can easily do this same project for other holi-
days such as making Santas beard out of a white pompom or a pumpkin with an orange pompom.

Materials:
Animal Shape print outs
Yarn
String and tape (optional)
Scissors
Markers

Prior to doing this project, call a nursing home and make sure they can use the tray favors and ask
how many you will need to make.

Explain to the girls that to complete this journey, the girls will be tackling a Take Action Project.
This project will be fairly large and involved and it will be a project of the girls choosing. To get
them started thinking about service and teamwork, we have selected a smaller project. Talk with
the girls about people in nursing homes can be very lonely. Their families are sometimes far away
and busy and cant come to see them very often. To brighten their days, we will be making tray
favors that they will receive with their meals.

To make the animals, cut a hole in the center of each shape. Draw a face or other features onto
the animal. Wrap yarn through the hole all the way around until the main art of the animal body is
filled with yarn. Slide scissors along the entire outside of the animal, cutting the yarn loops loose
from each other. Give your animal a haircut. Tape a string to back if you so choose for hanging.
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Herstory: Harriet Tubm
Time: 10 minutes
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into slavery in Maryland.
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can think of, th placed in
For almost every reason we t ev en bo rn a sla ve . H arr iets mother s master had
rriet wasn death, his daugh-
ered powerful. In fact, Ha ve s we re to be freed. However, upon his
of his sla y by the
his will that when he died,
all
din g wi ll, an d th ey ke pt their slaves. So, technicall
this legally bin free too.
ters decided not to honor ld ha ve be en a fre e woman, making Harriet
ther sh ou her.
time she was born, her mo ma n wh os e po we r ha d been literally stolen from
, here was a wo rights of
In every sense of the word at. Sh e be ga n fig ht ing for her own rights and the
accept th ugh
But Harriet wasnt willing to is pa ss ion fo r th e rig ht s of others was shown thro
An example of th Harriet was still in captivity.
She
others at a very young age. wh o ha d ru n aw ay wh ile
r male slave he was going
her friendship with anothe he ha d fig ur ed ou t wh ere he was hiding and that
out ho w ed
heard his master talking ab wa y an d wa rn ed th is sla ve. When the master show
went the back n picked up a
to go get him back. Harriet in th e do or wa y an d wouldnt let him in. The ma
od she
up to collect his slave, Ha
rriet sto
Ha rri et wa s on th e ve rge of death. And, even after
ad. For months, d conversa-
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seizures an
healed, she suffered from d happened and keep on
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tion and then
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t of Ha rri et s bio on pa ge 19. After, talk with the gir e
Ask one of the girls to rea
d the res
en th ey th ink th at life is too hard or too unfair or th
men like Harriet wh en women
they need to consider wo me n like Ha rri et ca n do what she did, in a time wh
o big. If wo the girls can do
obstacle in their way is to n, ha d ab so lut ely no power, think of what
ica n wo me
and certainly African Amer
he arts and their minds to it.
now if they just put their
Closing Ceremony: 10 feet in the air!
Time: 10 minutes
box.
Purpose: Using teamwork to think outside the
ber of feet as you have girls. For
Special Note: Instead of ten feet, use the num
use the number 5.
instance, if you have five girls in your troop, you
a special challenge for them. Do
In your circle, explain to the girls that you have
them know that they can use any-
not tell them that this is a team challenge. Let
nitor that so it doesnt get out of
thing in the room to complete this challenge (mo
on cabinets). Tell them that the
control, however. We dont want them climbing
challenge is simple, to get 10 feet into the air.
ing on chairs and jumping, be-
Allow the girls a few minutes of struggling and gett
may guess it without needing to be
fore you show them the solution. Some troops
girl to pick one foot up. Ten feet
shown. Come back into the circle and ask each
are now in the air.
but still it illustrates the fact that
Explain to the girls that this was a funny example,
using a team of other people to
sometimes a task seems impossible if we are not
help us.
meetings, give the girls paper, pen-
Finally, just as with how you finished the other
k for a moment about what is their
cils, and scissors, and ask them this time to thin
rd it as biggest wish for the world.
biggest concern for the world. Or you could rewo
children, curing cancer. Encour-
This could be anything; animal welfare, starving
words since they have to write it as
age the girls to get their wish down to just a few
hed, have them put their biggest
many times as there are girls. After they are finis
wish into everyones box.
Session 4
Power of Team Continued
Opening Ceremony: My Strong Chain
Time Allotment: 20 minutes

Purpose: We each have a lot of strengths and talents. But look what happens when we connect
our strengths with each other.

Special Note: To complete this project in a much simpler manner, make paper chains with loops
of paper.

Materials:
Mini clothespins
Pretty scrapbook paper
Scissors
Ribbon
Template from website provided
Glue dots

Remind the girls that over the last many weeks we have been learning about how our passions,
strengths, and talents make us, us. This activity reinforces the fact that every time we gain a new
skill or passion, our chains get stronger. Ask the girls to take a few minutes and think about every
strength and interest they have. Remind the girls that we are not talking about physical strength
but character traits and skills. If the girls are having trouble, ask them to reference the Girl Scout
Law. Are they friendly or helpful? Are they courageous? Instruct the girls to jot down these words
as they come to their mind.

Use the tutorial and templates found on this website to create paper bows. http://www.spool-
andspoonblog.com/2013/03/paper-bow-how-to-free-template.html

Before assembling the bows, ask the girls to write those strength and passion words on the back
side of each paper ribbon hanging down from the bow. They should write one strength or talent
per ribbon part, so two strengths per bow. The girls should make as many bows as they can think
of strengths and passions.
After the girls are done, instead of placing the bow on a box, as in the picture, have the girls use the
mini-clothespins to hang their bows from ribbon or yarn, as in the second picture provided in this
guide.

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When the girls are finished with their strength chains, come back into your circle and talk about
them for a few minutes. What did they write and why? Say something like, Wow, look at how pow-
erful each of you is as one individual. Then say, But look what happens, when we connect our
chains. Line the chains up on the floor end to end. Explain that this is the power of team. When
we bring all of our strengths and interests together, look at how much bigger our chain becomes.

Service Project Continued

Time: 20 minutes

Continue making the tray favors from the last meeting. Point out to the girls that this is another
power of team. Many hands make light work. Can the girls imagine trying to make that many tray
favors all by themselves?

As the girls work, talk with them about page 33-35 of their journey book. What makes a good team
good? What can cause a team to go bad?
 Comic Relief
Time: 20 minutes
k beginning on page 46. Assign
Read the comic strip story in their journey boo
s with the lines. Discuss the story
each girl a role like a play or have them take turn
afterwards.
r own comic book story. Break
Now its time for the girls to be the heroines in thei
book story. Suggest they use page
the girls into groups to work on their own comic
stories should entail.
68 to get themselves thinking about what their
utes to write their script and prac-
Explain to the girls that they will have fifteen min
n and then perform their story for
tice. At the next meeting, they will practice agai
the rest of the troop.

Closing Ceremony:
Time: 10 minutes
s. Weve added to our boxes every
Bring the girls together in a circle with their boxe
has written yet.
meeting, but weve not seen what anyone else
all of the little papers. Line the pa-
Ask them to open their boxes now and pull out
clearly see them all. Give the girls
pers up in front of themselves so that they can
r own papers? Do they remember
a minute to look over them. Can they find thei
e of the other papers may be-
what they wrote? Can they think identify who som
their proper categories; strengths,
long to? Now ask the girls to put the papers into
the papers the same or similar?
wishes for the world, and passions. Are any of
etball or her biggest wish was to
Has more than one girl said her passion was bask
find homes for animals?
, they will be starting to identify and
Explain that starting with the girls next meeting
be thinking about their own skills
work on a take action project. To do so, they will
others. From looking at the pieces
and how those talents could be used to benefit
that jumps out at them as a
of paper in front of them, do the girls see anything
project to work on?

Extension Activity:favors for the nursing home? Maybe they would

Did the girls enjoy making the tray
es are always looking for groups to
like to give them out themselves. Nursing hom
. The girls could help with bingo,
come in and spend some time with their residents
y for the residents. If the girls are
make crafts, play games, or have a birthday part
ing home, brightening the day of
interested, plan your next meeting to be at a nurs
others.

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Session 5
Power of Team Wrap-up and Power of
Community
Opening Ceremony: Who am I Collage Coasters
Time Allotment: 15 minutes

Purpose: Serves as a takeaway reminder what the girls learned about power and themselves
through this journey.

Special Note: This project calls for ceramic tiles. You can buy these at a Habitat Restore for ten
cents each. If you dont have a restore, they are not that much more at a home improvement
store. If you cant use tile for some reason, there are many other things you could cover, just get
creative!

Materials: Foam brushes Comic books or comic

Ceramic Tiles Felt or little strip printouts from the
Mod Podge (satin or gloss Glue Gun internet, or newspaper
finish) comics, or magazines.

Invite the girls to look through the comic books or magazines you brought and find anything that
reminds them of their talents, passions, and strengths. These can be words or phrases. They can
be pictures of things or people. Ask the girls to cut those things out and then lay them on top of
their tiles to get an idea for how they want their collages arranged.

When they are happy with the layout, invite them to spread a layer of mod podge over their tile
and then one at a time, spread a thin layer of mod podge onto the back of their image. Lay the
image onto the tile and press from the center of the image out to make sure the air bubbles are
gone. Continue until all of their images are adhered. Coat the entire front with one more layer of
mod podge.

Invite the girls to talk about their project and why they chose what they did.

After the project is dry, cut a felt square to cover the backside and hot glue on.
Superhero costumes and
Comic Story Prep
Time Allotment: 30 minutes
.
Purpose: Fun way to prepare for their comic skits
other next. Invite them to take this
The girls will be performing their skits for each
than to look the part!
time to get into their roles. How better to do that
as props. Whatever you have lying
Bring in many different things the girls can use
spaper, old sunglasses, ribbon,
around your house will work. Toilet paper, new
can get turning junk into clothing!
old costume jewelry. See how creative the girls
to their costumes:
Here are three other ideas you can use to add
er to the outside of a toilet paper
1. Using a glue stick, adhere construction pap
leaving one section free from
tube. Place fun foam shapes all over the tube,
ion. The toilet paper tube is
the bottom to the top. Cut a slit in this free sect
now a superhero wrist cuff.
back side of the mask, cutting
2. Buy cheap party masks. Draw a design on the
orative fashion for a more su-
away under the eyes and over the eyes in a dec
per hero looking mask.
cut any design into the bag, fringe,
3. Cut the bottom out of a trash bag and then
like a skirt, using the ties to tie
a slit, scallop edging. Open the bag and put it on
it into you.
make sure they take some time to
After the girls are finished with their costumes,
practice their skits.

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Performances
Time: 15 minutes

Invite the girls to perform their skits. This may take more or less time depending on how many groups
you have and how long their skits are.

Take Action Discussion

Time: 25 minutes

Materials: Journey Book, butcher block paper, markers.

Have the girls take turns reading page 66 of their journey book. Discuss the difference between service,
like you did for the nursing home, and a take action project, which looks at the root cause of why some-
thing is happening. Help them to understand this concept better by reflecting on the questions on page
67. Next, talk with the girls about what community is using page 69 of their journey book.

Use the butcher block paper for the community mapping activity on page 71. Each girl should think
about who is part of her community and which communities is she part of.

Bring the girls back together and have them take turns reading the example projects on pages 39-40, 74
and 75.

Finally, break the girls up into groups. Ask them to use their wish boxes and pages 72-73 of their books to
brainstorm on some possible projects. Do any of the categories listed match any of their wishes for the
world or passions? What are some other ideas the group has? Allow the girls to brainstorm for about 10
minutes and then bring them back together again. Have each group report out. Are there any overlap-
ping themes?

Maybe the girls still arent ready to identify an exact project yet, but hopefully by this point at least a
general idea or topic is starting to emerge. Ask the girls to go back to their community map and write in
anyone or anything that might be connected to that theme. Invite the girls to think about what might be
some next steps in narrowing down their project. Who could they talk to? Where could they go to find
out more about what interests them?
Sample Take Action Project
Reverse Delivery Route
Did your girls finish the tray favor service project? Did they actually go to a nursing home and
visit with the residents? If so, they probably got to see how wonderful it is to relieve someones
loneliness for at least a few hours. Turn that one time act of kindness into a long term take action
project by collecting and donating a very common household item; magazines and newspapers!
Even in this digital age when more and more people are accessing their print online, still many
people have these resources lying around their home, cluttering things up. A magazine is a very
simple, yet effective way to get someones mind off how lonely they are in a nursing home or how
scared they are in a doctors waiting room. This project also has another added benefit of be-
ing good for the Earth. Instead of having all those magazines end up in a landfill or waiting to be
recycled, you can recycle them now by sharing them with others.

Advertise your project with friends and family members and in the community at large. Set up
regular collections times and points every month or even every quarter. Identify doctors offices,
nursing homes, womens shelters and any other place you can think of where people might want
to utilize these magazines.

In return for people donating their old reading material, offer to host a pinterest learning day.
Many people save magazines because there is a recipe or idea they want to try. Usually, however,
they cant remember where they saw the recipe in the first place so the recipe never gets made
and the magazine never gets recycled. Offer to show potential donators how to get online and pin
those recipes and ideas so that they always know where they are. In exchange, ask them to sign
up to be on your reverse delivery route.
Secret Mission Power of One Log
The Mission How I Completed Were there any results?
the Mission
Do a chore for a sibling or
parent without being asked

Write a note to someone

telling them how much you
appreciate them.

Smile at three random people

in one day

Secretly remove any trash

from your mom or dads car

Make a special treat to share

with someone such as cookies

Ask a parent what you could

do to help them that day do it
without complaining

Listen during class and

participate in the discussion

Help preapre the meal for

your family

Do your homework without

being asked

Clean your room wihtout being

asked

Tell someone you love that

you love them

Do something nice for

someone you dont know well

Talk kindly for one whole day.

No bad-mouthing anyone and
no complaining
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